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The_Viscount posted...

I feel like doing a word with almost all of the vowels is a waste, because it doesn't give you much to go on. When I look at one like Seph's, that feels like a series of longshots rather than deduction.

I'd say figuring out the vowels early goes a long way. For #229, I learned that there's only one vowel, which means that consonants are going to have to get paired up, and there's only so many consonant pairings you can do that make sense. It was a bit of luck in having it be my third guess but I did spend some time plugging in letters to find an acceptable word.